North Pacific - Guanacaste

Guanacaste

Guanacaste Beaches – The Gold Coast

•Long summer days and beautiful beaches are two phrases that best define what Guanacaste is all about. Guanacaste draws visitors with its stunning shoreline, incredible bird watching, amazing horseback riding, excellent surfing, superb snorkeling and wonderful mountain lake windsurfing.

Beach At Tamarindo

Guanacaste Beaches – The Gold Coast

•With its pristine beaches, crystal clear blue waters, superb natural surroundings, and near perfect weather, Tamarindo is among the most popular beach destinations in Costa Rica. The beaches here are first-rate, and the entire town has a relaxed laidback feel.

•Forming the eastern borders are a chain of volcanoes including Rincon de la Vieja
that offer some truly terrific hiking facilities, tourists can trek their way to the summit of a number of these volcanoes.

•Guanacaste has a many local cattle ranches that offer exceptional opportunities for horseback riding.

Nicoya

Nicoya Peninsula

Beaches Of The Nicoya Peninsula

•The Nicoya Peninsula is home to some of the most isolated and beautiful beaches in Costa Rica. Here you can find everything from wonderful nature reserves, quaint rural towns, amazing sunsets, some of the best surfing in Costa Rica and even Tico cowboys!

Central Pacific

Central Pacific

Central Pacific Beaches

•The most popular beach destination in Costa Rica, the Central Pacific Coast is also the most easily accessible. Just a short distance from the capital San Jose by car, this area is known for its beautiful beaches, touristy coastal resort towns and fantastic surfing opportunities.

•Jaco and Quepos are the most visited beach resorts on the Central Pacific. The resort town of Jaco has for a long time been the pillar of tourism in Costa Rica.

•Dominical is a quiet resort with fine isolated beaches like Playa Uvita.

Islets Off Manuel Antonio National Park

Central Pacific - Excursions And Things To Do

•The Manuel Antonio National Park near Quepos is the most visited nature reserve in Costa Rica. With its lush tropical vegetation and stunning shoreline it is an idyllic place where the rainforest meets the sea.

•Surfing is extremely popular on the Central Pacific Coast. Near to Jaco is the excellent surf town of Playa Hermosa, which hosts an international surfing competition every year.

•Quepos is also the sport fishing capital of Costa Rica.

•Punteranas in the north offers Costa Rica’s best seafood cuisine.

South Caribbean

South Caribbean

South Caribbean Beaches

•Surprisingly the least developed beach resorts in Costa Rica are possibly also the most beautiful and tropical, with swaying coconut palms and a distinctly Caribbean atmosphere.

•Warm sea breezes, misty mountains, crashing surf and living coral reefs are just part of the Southern Caribbean’s tropical allure. To scintillate the senses, Calypso music and reggae beats dance in the air and delicious coconut-infused dishes simmer in every restaurant pot, offering a taste of Caribbean life and hospitality.

•Idyllic tropical beaches stretch from Limon to the Panama border.